Blackstone Original Plots

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I am trying something new here and revamping my request threads to be more in line with E!'s new policies for requesting writing partners.  This thread is for my original plots, original settings, by category.

Contemporary/Slice of Life
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Fantasy

Kingom of Adreath

Back in the day when Second Edition Dungeons and Dragons came about, I was fascinated with Paladins when the Paladin handbook came out.  From it I created a world which I brought happily here to E! when I first started a couple of years ago.  The stories dies out as real life claimed writing partners and yet I want to finish the stories as I think the world I created is an interesting one with a mash up of fantasy elements dawn from Joe Dever's Lone Wolf, Terry Brooks Shanara series, Wizards of the Coast Forgotten Realms, and perhaps a dash of the political realism and ruthlessness which has captivated many in G.R.R.M Song of Ice and Fire series.

The main kingdom in this series is Adreath , which is the only Kingdom of an alliance of kingdoms of elves, dwarves, and humans which stands between the free countries of the land, the Shadow Empire of Nyderei.  All human lands used to be a part of the Shadow Empire till with the aid of the Elves and Dwarves, rebelled and drove them back over the northernmost kingdom, what is now known as Adreath.  It has been five hundred years since the defeat of the Wytch Queens and their Demon princes and the formation of the Compact of Nations, and it is a Age of change as Nyderei grows in power and hungers for what they once possessed.   Here plots I have right now for this setting.

The Princess Corruption - A Princess' Corruption and Knight's Downfall - In this plot, your character will be the Princess of Adreath, second born child and now a fixture at court.  My character is Sir Geoffrey of House Stuart, Knight Vigilant and a Knight Lieutenant in the Knight Protectorate, the elite guard of the Royal Family.  Geoffrey is assigned to the protection of the Princess, and has loved her since the day he saw her.  However he knows nothing good can come from it as he knows the Princess will be promised to one of the Compact nations, a concession for securing aid in recovering from the Traitor's War twenty years past, a war in which a former Banner General of the Knights turned and lead an Nyderei horde of orc, goblins, and demons into Adreath.  It was the closest Nyderei had ever come to breaching the defenses of the Shield Kingdom, and losses suffered during the war, as well as other nations taking political advantage, Adreath is perhaps the weakest it ever has been in its history.  During a visit to the northern duchies, a raiding party attacks the Princess' party, and from these events are sown the seeds to either bring about Adreath's fall, or to be the catalyst to reforge it stronger than ever.   This story will have elements o BDSM, brief Non-Con and rape (can be fade to black/off screen), character succumbing to their darker and baser natures, and redemption.   Currently Taken

New!Infernal Diplomacy - This plot takes place several years ahead of the plot above where the Princess is now Queen, and Geoffrey Stuart is dead.  The Elven nation sees political opportunity to be had with the current friction between Adreath and the other nations of the Compact.  They have sent the Emerald King's brother to help mediate affairs, and perhaps regain lands and privileges given up when they helped forged the Compact.  Your character is the daughter of the Royal Ambassador, a Princess in her own right.  At the capital of Adreath she will meet my character, High Lord Decimus Meridia, the only Elven high noble a part of the Shield Kingdom's court, and one who is also out for political opportunity, and is not above seducing, then bending the will and making his own an Elven Princess to help further his own political ambitions.  This story will have BDSM elements as well as mind break, and perhaps skirt close to Non-Con but not quite cross it.  Decimus after all wants the Princess as willing participant in her debasement and degradation, but he is not above stacking the deck heavily against her to ensure she will be his.

She of the Crimson Hood - A twist and variation of Little Red Riding Hood.  Your character is a member of one of ten original high houses when the Kingdom of Adreath was formed, and warden of the southern duchy of Devaul.  Unlike other families, YC family never have been a part of the Knights Vigilant.  Instead they are a clan of Hunters and Rangers whose primary purpose is to patrol and defend Whitemyst Forest from the monsters who still inhabit the untamed wildlands.  Your character is the family heir, and my character is the heir apparent and part of a secret clan of werewolves who have been living on the borders of Whitemyst for generations.  A new incursion of monsters has happened of late, and they mistake the wolves part of clan Roanoak to be the ones behind it.  Not only does my character Lyon Roanoak need to avoid capture, but somehow he must convince She of the Scarlet Hood it is not him or his clan, and they must work together before it is too late.  I see this however as a romance, a sort of Romeo and Juliet as they come together eventually in the end.  Other elements of the story open for discussion.  It can even be smut free if so desire.  On and Offs as well as a page link to many of my past and current writing efforts here on E1 these last seven years.

Gladiator and the Domina

After listening to Jay Kristoff's Godsgrave on my long commutes from work to home, I am now in the mood for a story with the grit and graphic reality of what was in Spartacus: Blood and Sand, the above Godsgrave as well as drawing a bit from Ancient Rome and Wizards of the Coast Dark Sun.

The background to this concept is such.  It is a low/mid fantasy world and the main setting is modeled after Ancient Rome with a Senate as well as a Emperor.  The missing Ninth Legion found itself on this world with their camp followers and some locals from Britannia.  Their fate sealed, they did what they were trained to do, which was conquer.  The world was of the same if slightly behind in their knowledge base, and thus conquest was easy, and within two generations the new empire of Nova Roma was born.

My character was a Generalis of the Fourth Legion, and married to who would have been princess of Aqualia.  She managed to convince and gain allies in an attempt to separate from Nova Roma.  Being married to her, MC gave his loyalty to her and even though he knew the outcome.  At the end it was told MC was executed, but he was the brother to the Emperor, and his mother pleaded for MC's life.  The ideal and the man MC was died, and he himself was flesh crafted and sold as a gladiator.  The ludus which bought him given strict instructions to only allow him the spiked chain in the arena, and never to sell him.  MC was told he was to tell no one who he was, less he wanted his wife sold as a slave instead of kept in exile and privilege.  Thus Invidicus, the Bloodchain was born, and Septimus Antonius Decius was dead.

Five years later, YC buys my character, as the ludus he was sold too was in dire straights, creditors banging on their doors, and in no small part due to YC manipulations.  The reason, it should be YC as Empress, and not House Titus.  They were dismissed because YC's grandmother was female, and her father, her then Emperor had no male heirs.  House Titus bribed the Senate, and thus YC's house lost the Imperial throne.   Now spies in the Bloodchain's ludus have whispered who the Bloodchain is, the greatest military leader and tactician of the age, a man who would be needed if YC's scouts reports are true.  It also does not hurt he is easy on the eyes, and stirs something in YC.   

The basic plot is much like the overall in Spartacus: Blood and Sand with YC scheming to gain the throne, not only for herself (which is part of the motive) but because the current Emperor and his polices threaten the very Empire itself.  For MC it is a goal of one day gain freedom, and his retribution against his enemies, among which is his former wife.

Voyages of the Emerald Wind

Stardancer: Voyagers of the Emerald Wind  I am going to put this up after watching Netflix's Arcane series.  While I had created this world long before the show (and I do not play or know anything about League of Legends), there are elements of the series which can apply and do work in the setting created.  Stardancer is as I said, my own original creation world, Stardancer, which is a mash up of concepts and ideas from Spell Jammer, early steam punk, and Brian Stavely's The Emperor's Blades, Jim Butcher's Aeronaught's Windlass, and now Netflix's Arcane, with a dash of Firefly tossed in. 

Our characters would be the ship's officers of the Stardancer The Emerald Wind, an independent trading vessel which sails the Void (the Serenity parallel here).  The Captain, my character, is a former member of the Empire of Azureth's warrior elite, the Aqualians (think fantasy Navy SEALs).  Your character is a former Princess, disowned for daring to fall in love with a commoner, my character, no mater how exceptional he proved himself.  Since then your character has trained as a Consort Sister, a priestess of the Goddess of Love, and conducts sanctioned business, utilizing the Emerald Wind to take her from one assignation to the next (the Mal and Imari parallel here).  Times are tough, so when your character's sister who was married off to a rival empire to help promote peace reaches out with a job offer, it is too good to pass up even if MC swore never to have anything to do with politics or the Imperial family again.  Thus the crew of the Emerald Windand others get caught up in sphere politics and high stakes where not only the fate of two empires hang in the balance, but the emancipation of an entire race.

Science Fiction

Out of Place and Time, U.S.S. Yorktown sent to the future

The Great War brought death upon a scale not seen to the world since the Black Death.  Over forty million dead, military and civilian alike.  The war ended when German realized even if they could win the war, their society might not survive.  Peace was achieved, but a cost which Germany found hard to swallow, but again, they would loose everything if they did not at least stop fighting.  In the end Germany complied with the Treaty of Versailles, and bid its time, plotting within a year to build up in secret and avenge itself against those who sought to humiliate it.

For the Allies the war was no less horrific, and near an entire generation of combat able men were gone.  They were also not entirely stupid and knew perhaps Germany would not hold true.  They could hope, but war has a way of turning even the most pragmatic optimists into cynics.  For Great Britain and the United States this meant woman's suffrage and rights made huge gains.  First was the right to vote, then came the right to join military service as equals of men.  There were some conditions, and women could not serve in the Marine Corps, or in any form of ground infantry or mobile armored unit.  They could serve in support roles, in the Navy, or in the Army Air Corps.  There were less restrictions for service in the Navy, either in surface combat or naval aviation roles, allowing the chance for combat action.  New dormitories were added to both West Point and Annapolis and in 1926, the first female officers who were not part of the Nurse Corps were sworn into service.

History would continue apace, and Germany with a new modern military, a dynamic leader promising retribution, invading Poland in 1939.  Japan had started its Imperial designs far earlier, and unlike Europe, had no need for female conscription to its military.  The United States, as a means of aiding Europe and pealing off a powerful ally to Germany, blocks all oil exports to Japan as a means to force them to the negotiation table.  The effort backfires, and on 7 December, 1941, Pearl Harbor is attack by Japan, bringing the United States completely into the Second World War.

A bulk of military support heads over to Europe.  It was understandable as there are secure air fields and billets and the means to deal with the greatest threat as determined by Allied forces, Germany.  Things are not so easy for the Pacific given the sheer amount of distances involved, and what few assets the United States had were conquered by Japan.  Morale among the Pacific Fleet is low despite the appointment of Chester Nimitz as the new theater commander.  They need to draw out the Japanese Fleet and destroy their carriers.  Events follow and with the Tokyo raid by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle forcing Japan' hand, their code of honor demanding a military response.   The decisive battle of war is about to take place on a small island airfield called Midway.

In 1980 there was a film called Final Countdown in which the U.S.S. Nimitz traveled back in time to days before Pearl Harbor, putting all in the moral dilemma of do they let history play out or do they uphold their vows to the Constitution and bring fight to the Japanese.

The Last Ship was originally a novel turned into a successful TV series on TNT where a destroyer crew of the U.S.S. Nathan James was unknowingly sent on a classified mission to find a cure to a deadly pandemic.  They return to the reality and horror of the death, and to find the United States, indeed the world in anarchy.  The crew sails on with two missions, to bring the cure to the world and to restore the government of United States.  This game combines elements of both the movie and the show and will mash it up with a Fallout 4 like setting.

Players in the game will first be members of the U.S.S. Yorktown.  In history, the Yorktown was badly damaged both at the battle of Coral Sea and Midway, and on they way back from being salvaged from the battle, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.   In this game the Yorktown survived the battle with minimal damage, and when it is relieved from Midway, it and its task force gets caught up in a temporal storm which flings it two hundred and twenty-five years in the future.  The world is like the setting in Fallout 4 where most advanced technology non-functional due to the EMP's from the nuclear war in 2057.  Much technology more advanced than what was present in the 1940's does not work.  The United States, indeed much of the world is in utter chaos and anarchy. 

Enter the Yorktown and Task Force 51, freshly resupplied before their trip through storm, and instantly they become one of the most dominate military powers as a result.  Their mission changes when they make contact with the world and find out the history.  Their duty is clear, find what does represent legitimate democratic government and to restore the United States.  Of course, super mutants, the Brotherhood of Steel, and the Institute would have something to say about it.

As the game moves from the opening which is the Battle of Midway, additional characters will be opened up.  The alternative history above is such there would be a valid reason to have female characters on a U.S. Navy combat ship.   I know this concept is perhaps a bit more out there than normal, but I think the story there which made The Last Ship and Fallout 4 good are there to make a good game out of it.  The Final Countdown, while an interesting concept, was really a bad movie, but the plot device of temporal displacement springboards the plot into the meat of what I think would be interesting roleplay.   So if this concept tickles your fancy at all, let me know and we can move from an interest check into full on recruitment.

As always for prospective writing partners, my On and Offs are below, as is a page with a link to past and present writing efforts here on E! Feel free to take a look to see if we would be compatible.  I am open to discussion as not all is set in stone above save I do want a political/intrigue plot, a reverse power play between the noble and the male slave/gladiator, and the roman based low fantasy world.   I hope to hear from you soon.

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Significant change and addition of two new plots.

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Added Out of Place and Out of Time An alternative World War II history mashing with Fallout 4 setting

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No new plots so giving this the two month bump.   Also not solely set on these plots so feel free to pitch me.

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As above, putting out feelers to see if I can gain some interest.

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Still trying to scratch these itches one way or another.   I still love the idea of out of time for the blend of the movie concept in Final Countdown with some of the drive and drama seen in the TV series The Last Ship, but all of the above of my original world concepts are open for discussion.

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Bumping and a new plot added to the Kingdom of Adreath world.  See below for the new plot.

Infernal Diplomacy - This plot takes place several years ahead of the plot above where the Princess is now Queen, and Geoffrey Stuart is dead.  The Elven nation sees political opportunity to be had with the current friction between Adreath and the other nations of the Compact.  They have sent the Emerald King's brother to help mediate affairs, and perhaps regain lands and privileges given up when they helped forged the Compact.  Your character is the daughter of the Royal Ambassador, a Princess in her own right.  At the capital of Adreath she will meet my character, High Lord Decimus Meridia, the only Elven high noble a part of the Shield Kingdom's court, and one who is also out for political opportunity, and is not above seducing, then bending the will and making his own an Elven Princess to help further his own political ambitions.  This story will have BDSM elements as well as mind break, and perhaps skirt close to Non-Con but not quite cross it.  Decimus after all wants the Princess as willing participant in her debasement and degradation, but he is not above stacking the deck heavily against her to ensure she will be his.